I make the specification of non-linux because otherwise this would just become a thread full of obscure distros that do the same thing as a million other distros.
Some lesser known OSs:
- AROS - based on Amiga OS, has some derivatives like IcarOS and MorphOS
- Haiku - based on BeOS
- Redox - Unix-like, made in Rust (might technically count as linux?)
- Serenity - Unix-like, very late 90s look and feel
- Kolibri - Tiny OS, the image is ~44MB. It also has a smaller version that fits in a single floppy.
- PhantomOS - When 3 Russians decide to turn everything about a typical OS upside down.
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Gnu Guix is working on HURD integration.
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TempleOS
So glad to see somebody finally mentioned the only God tier OS.
Haiku, but honestly I’m just happy to see the conversations here
L4! Imagine all we could do if the kernel was tiny and everything was user space.
Had a quick read about it, looks like an interesting skeleton to base an end user OS.
Qubes
PalmOS as an alternative to Android/ios
Do you mean the successor WebOS? Cause I thought that was pretty cool when I test-drove it in a mobile store.
Hear me out
metaverse
Honestly, if I had this magic power, I’d pick something like Ubuntu or Fedora. The exact pick doesn’t matter, I don’t want this to devolve into a holy war, but I want to “The Year of the Linux Desktop” to stop being a tongue in cheek meme. I want Windows and Apple to have to make meaningful changes to maintain their market share.